‘Green’ Alternative Fuel Set for First In-Space Test
by Satellites love hydrazine – a type of space propellant – but it’s toxic to people and extremely difficult to handle. A non-toxic alternative will be …
Month: June 2019
Media Invited to See Progress on NASA’s Space Launch System for Its First Moon Mission
Media are invited to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans at 9:30 a.m. CDT Friday, June 28, to view progress on the rocket core …
NASA Invites Media to Renaming Ceremony for West Virginia Facility
Media are invited to a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. EDT Tuesday, July 2, celebrating the renaming of NASA’s Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation …
Space Station Science Highlights: Week of June 17, 2019
Space Station Science Highlights: Week of June 17, 2019 Source:: space station 2
NASA Helps Warn of Harmful Algal Blooms in Lakes, Reservoirs
Harmful algal blooms cause massive problems in coastal areas and lakes across the United States. When toxin-containing aquatic organisms multiply and form a bloom, it …
Hubble Captures Elusive, Irregular Galaxy
IC 10 is a remarkable object. It is the closest-known starburst galaxy, meaning that it is undergoing a furious bout of star formation fueled by …
NASA Invites Media to Opening of Newly-Restored Apollo Mission Control Center
Fifty years ago, an unparalleled team of experts in a mission control center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston landed the first humans on …
NASA Selects Missions to Study Our Sun, Its Effects on Space Weather
NASA has selected two new missions to advance our understanding of the Sun and its dynamic effects on space. Source:: Goddard
Milestone Achieved as X-57 Mod II Takes Shape
The electric motors for X-57’s Mod II vehicle and their propellers were powered up and spun together for the first time as part of an …
PIA22949: Tumultuous Clouds of Jupiter
Target: Jupiter Mission: Juno Instrument: JunoCam Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill Source:: updates
PIA23270: This Is What a Pit Stop Looks Like at JPL
Mission: Mars 2020 Rover Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
PIA23269: Mars 2020 Gets Its Wheels
Mission: Mars 2020 Rover Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
I Am Building SLS: Debra King
As a child, my bedroom was adorned with NASA posters, and I would lay awake at night dreaming of space exploration. Growing up in Wisconsin …
NASA Television to Cover Departure, Landing of Astronaut Anne McClain and Space Station Crew
NASA astronaut Anne McClain and two crewmates on the International Space Station are scheduled to conclude their stay aboard the orbiting laboratory Monday, June 24. …
Looking For Freshwater In All the Snowy Places
To help determine how much freshwater is present as snow across the globe, a team of researchers is creating a new computer-based tool that simulates …
PIA23293: Shalbatana Vallis
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
RockOn! and RockSat-C: Launching Student Experiments to Space
At 5:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, June 20, 2019, a 40-foot tall rocket carrying 28 student experiments (measuring acceleration, humidity, pressure, temperature and radiation counts) launched …
‘Concept to Reality’: NASA Marks Milestones in Development of Electric X-57
NASA’s X-57 project has marked two critical milestones, taking two major steps toward demonstrating the benefits of electric propulsion for aviation. Source:: Armstrong Flight Center …
A Look Inside the X-59 QueSST Cockpit
The pilot of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology, or QueSST, aircraft will navigate the skies in a cockpit unlike any other. Source:: updates 3
This Week in NASA History: S-IVB-209 Successfully Static-Fires – June 20, 1967
This week in 1967, the Saturn V third stage, S-IVB-209, was successfully static-fired for a mainstage duration of 465 seconds in the Beta I test …
Does the Gas in Galaxy Clusters Flow Like Honey?
A team of astronomers used a set of long Chandra observations, totaling about two weeks of observing, of the Coma galaxy cluster to probe gas …
NASA Astronaut Available for Interviews Before First Space Mission
NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan will be available from 7 to 8:15 a.m. EDT Monday, July 1, for live satellite interviews from Star City, Russia, before …
Media Invited to Panel Discussion Featuring Current, Former NASA Marshall Directors
Media are invited to attend a panel on June 20 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center featuring the current director of NASA’s Marshall Space …
NASA Celebrates the 2018 Collier Trophy, Begins New Stage of Autonomy
The life-saving Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS) was awarded the 2018 Robert J. Collier Trophy by the National Aeronautic Association June 13. Source:: …
Storm Rages in Cosmic Teacup
In a galaxy hosting a structure nicknamed the “Teacup,” a galactic storm is raging. Source:: Chandra
Space Station Science Highlights: Week of June 10, 2019
Scientific investigations conducted on the International Space Station last week included work that could improve design of life support systems and help keep astronauts healthy …
PIA23285: South Polar Layers
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
PIA23268: Mars 2020 Mast Goes On
Mission: Mars 2020 Rover Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
PIA23267: Mars 2020 and Friends
Mission: Mars 2020 Rover Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
The Stars and Stripes in Space
This flag accompanied NASA astronaut Alan B. Shepard on his 15-minute suborbital journey on May 5, 1961. Source:: updates 3
NASA Administrator Available to Speak with Media at Paris Air Show
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will be available to speak with media during the International Paris Air Show on Tuesday, June 18, in Le Bourget, France. …
Hubble Sets Sights on an Explosive Galaxy
When massive stars die at the end of their short lives, they light up the cosmos with bright, explosive bursts of light and material known …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/13/2019
By Bill Keeter ISS HAM pass: The crew completed a HAM pass with Peninsula Grammar, Melbourne, Australia, which is a boarding school for approximately 1400 …
PIA23171: Texture in the Outer Cassini Division
Target: Saturn Mission: Cassini-Huygens Instrument: Imaging Science Subsystem Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Source:: updates
NASA’s Fermi Mission Reveals its Highest-energy Gamma-ray Bursts
For 10 years, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has scanned the sky for gamma-ray bursts, the universe’s most luminous explosions. A new catalog of the …
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Breaks Another Orbit Record
On June 12, OSIRIS-REx broke its own world record for the closest orbit of a planetary body by a spacecraft. Source:: Goddard